I've just read that if Bisping gets past Belfort next month then he will be the number one contender. Ime from the Uk and this is not a fight I want to see, I wouldn't even rate Bisping top 5 in the middleweight devision, why is he getting all this exposure as the number one contender?. I'd rather see, wiedman, beltcher, Lombard, rockhold, even Belfort again than this fight. Silva would toy with Bisping, and I can't see him offering anything.
Silva would toy with everyone in the MW division.
Belfort is no. 2 in the division, if Bisping beats him he has earned a title shot.
Weidman has only 1 legit win and I've never rated Munoz.
Bisping has paid his dues in the UFC and deserves his shot.
Bisping won't beat Belfort anyway.
Is he? Because Hendo, Kang, Wand, Akiyama, Rivera, and Stann all have rocked him, his striking defense has serious holes in it and I don't think the Brazilian crowd will let Vitor get wrestled(Bisping's only chance of winning). Rumble didn't get to wrestle him in Brazil and I don't think Bisping will either and if Bisping stands with him he'll get knocked out.
You wouldn't rate Bisping as top 5... Ok well back to reality, Sonnen has moved to LHW and the winner of Bisping vs Belfort is No. 1 Contender.
No one cares if you think Bisping has no chance against Anderson, if he's earned a title shot then he's a worthy contender. Otherwise, these guys may as well not fight, our crystal balls are way more entertaining.
The only way i see Bisping beating Belfort is by shear work rate mixed with his level of cardio its a viable tool to win. Does Belfort have better standup well certainly when it comes to boxing, does he have more power well yes, Wrestling i would give to Bisping and Jits well that would be interesting. Either way Bisping has earnt his posistion and he has a near impossible task in defeating Belfort, that being said crazy things happen.
I would have liked to see Bisping vs Belcher that would have been a superb fight.
People really are blinded by hate when it comes to Bisping. How anyone can put Belcher or Lomabrd above him in the rankings is beyond me.
Rankings are based on what a fighter has actually done and who they've beat. Lombard and Belcher may well be better fighters than Bisping but neither of them have the recent wins to justify being ranked higher than him.
Wow Bisping gets very little respect around here. Vitor is one dangerous dude if he connects but I think Bisping's foot movement can put him in this fight. I'll give Vitor the slight edge but it will be competitive.
Wow Bisping gets very little respect around here. Vitor is one dangerous dude if he connects but I think Bisping's foot movement can put him in this fight. I'll give Vitor the slight edge but it will be competitive.
Beating Vitor should guarentee anyone a title shot at Middleweight IMO. I would have thought even the most vociferous of Bisping's haters would have given him his dues and admit that he will deserve a shot should he win. I guess I underestimated how a preconceived hatred can distort peoples opinions.
In saying that I think Belfort takes this, although I'll be cheering for Mike.
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No surprise about the hate on Bisping, but lets keep things separated.
One thing is Bisping being considered an unpleasant folk, other thing is he deserving the shot. He is unpleasant, no doubt, he was listed one of the dirtiest fighters and we spoke about it recently. Ppl have grounds to hate him for what he says and do, and TUF boosted his popularity to another level (lower level), but I could see him to face Anderson right after beating Stann, actually, since Sonnen and Vitor had their chance already. I think he deserves more than Sonnen at Jones anyway, he has UFC seniority and he is persevering on his goal.
Anyway, untamed seas ahead for him. IF he beats Vitor in Brazil, he will face Anderson and if Anderson layed his back on the fence against Bonnar, he'll fight Bisping blindfolded.
I want Bisping to win for slightly different reasons. If Bisping beats Vitor then loses to Silva, that will hopefully shut up all the haters. Bisping would have proved he's a top 5 dude. I'm not saying he's number 1 or 2or even 3 but there still seems to be alot of people dissing his style/ability. People can hate on his personality all they want, I personally find him funny, but if he beats Vitor then doesn't, totally, get humiliated by Silva then hopefully he'll start getting the respect he deserves in regards to his skills.
If he beats Vitor though, there's no doubting he deserves the title shot. If Anderson shouldn't fight people because they seemingly pose no challenge to him, he might aswell retire right now.
Good for Bisping. He is a tough opponent for anyone except Silva. I have said it before and I will say it again. He always chokes at the "big fights". He had the same promise when he fought Sonnen and lost to a SD. This time around he will KOed. Killz he might have only been KOed once but everytime a powerful striker touches his chin he gets rocked. If Stann had swarmed him he might have won there match. Finally saying Vitor has better wrestling when Bisping would holding his own with Chael is a stretch IMO.
If Stann would have swarmed him he would have gotten taken down and finished faster. That's why he didn't swarm him. Wandy had success swarming him but that because it's Wandy's style, Stann is more of a counter puncher bomb thrower (similar to Dan).
He gets flack for taking Hendo's hardest punch on the chin and getting koed because of it, but 99% of fighter's on this planet would get KOed with the same punch. He does get dazed a lot but he also has incredible recovery and good strike defense. Stand-up wise I think Bisping is definitely more technical than Vitor, but Vitor has the more dangerous and explosive stand up of the two.
I can see this ending like Wandy/Bisping, Leban/Bisping or Hendo/Bisping. 2 chances of him losing and one chance he'll get the SD or UD.
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